CPC Definition - Subclass A45F
This place covers:
- Devices for carrying articles on the body of a person, e.g. for travelling.
- Travelling articles for personal use to be carried by not more than one person.
- Backpacks.
- Harnesses.
- Holders for carrying articles on the body, garment or belt of a person.
- Travelling or camp articles such as water-bottles, mess-tins, cups, hammocks and accessories for them, hanging seats, picnic sets, sewing kits, map cases, nets affording protection against insects;
- Travelling or camp articles which may be converted into articles for other use, e.g. coats or capes convertible into tent coverings
- Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of one strap passing over the shoulder or by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders including sacks or packs specially adapted for military purposes;
- Sacks and packs specially adapted for children, e.g. for schoolchildren;
- Carrying-frames and frames combined with sacks; carrying-straps, e.g. with adjustable fastenings of straps or belts; shoulder-pads;
- Sacks or packs carried on the body and convertible into other articles e.g. into tents, beds or mattresses, hammocks, litters or sleeping-bags, boats, sledges, coats or capes
- Holders or carriers for hand articles and holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping, such as fastening articles to the garment, handles, book-carriers; holders for spades, hatchets or the like
Travelling or camp equipment is normally classified in the classes for the equipment concerned, e.g. in subclasses A47B (for example, travelling or trunk tables A47B 3/10; tables specially adapted for use in the open air A47B 37/04), A47C (for example, travelling or camp beds A47C 17/64; suspended beds A47C 17/84, foldable, collapsible or dismountable chairs A47C 4/00, camp, travelling, or sports stools A47C 9/10), A47G (for example, travelling rugs A47G 9/06; sleeping bags A47G 9/08), A47J (for example, camp cooking devices A47J 33/00, A47J 36/26).
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Hand implements for working earth, e.g. shovels, picks | |
Veils | |
Outerwear; Protective garments | |
Boxes for needles or pins | |
Hand carried bags or luggage | |
Picnic boxes | |
Handles for suitcases or bags | |
Straps, bands as travelling accessories | |
Wheeled carriers | |
Bags for golf clubs | |
Camping vehicles | |
Foldable sledges | |
Foldable vessels | |
Rigid or semi-rigid containers | |
Sacks, bags or like containers | |
Devices for moving or tilting heavy loads | |
Transportable devices to obtain potable water | |
Matches for starting fires | |
Tools, implements, or accessories for hand sewing | |
Tents convertible, e.g. from one type tent to another type tent | |
Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon | |
Portable lighting | |
Stoves with special adaptation for travelling, e.g. collapsible: stoves in which the type of fuel or energy supply is not specified | |
stoves for gaseous fuels | |
stoves for liquid fuels | |
stoves heated by electric energy | |
Portable water heaters | |
Means for wearing or carrying smallarms | |
Gun-slings | |
Arrangements for carrying mobile phones |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Knapsack | A bag with shoulder straps, carried on the back |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "water-bottle ", "canteen" and "flask;
- "knapsack", "sack", "pack", "backpack" and "rucksack"
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Bags for golf clubs |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Means for wearing or carrying smallarms |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Wheeled carriers |
This place covers:
Straps or harnesses for carrying articles which are not too heavy, i.e. articles which do not have to be carried by more than one person
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Carriers for heavy loads | |
Means for wearing or carrying smallarms | |
Cords, straps or harnesses for musical instruments |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Drinking straws as tableware | |
Closures with discharging devices |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Shooting stands for hunting | |
Rocking chairs pivotally mounted in a frame; Swings |
This place does not cover:
Posts driven into the ground |
This place does not cover:
Picnic boxes |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Holders or cabinets for maps |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Garments convertible into other articles | |
Luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use | |
Foldable chairs | |
Baby-carriers | |
Sleeping bags |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Sacks or packs carried on the body | |
Storage means for work tools | |
Supports for positioning apparatus or articles | |
Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt | |
Cords, straps or harnesses for musical instruments | |
Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers | |
Supports for telephones adapted for use on head, throat or breast |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Attaching writing implements to wearing apparel or objects involving constructional changes of the implements | |
Means for wearing or carrying small arms |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Handles for suitcases or travelling bags | |
Handles of sacks or bags | |
Straps provided with handles for bundling or supporting articles | |
For carrying heavy loads |
This place covers:
Illustrative example of subject matter classified in A45F 5/102
Carrying handles with rigid receiving means, e.g. a hook, for receiving a carrying element, e.g. a rigid handle, of the hand article to be carried.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
With flexible receiving elements | |
Receiving flexible handles of the hand article to be carried |
